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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Baby Veronica
By Tracy Thomas
I spoke today on the Baby Veronica case (at Akron Law’s program, Supreme Court Review). In that case, the U.S. Supreme Court, 5-4, decided that a Native American father was not entitled…
Family Law Prof Blog
In re Adoptive Couple of Baby Girl (“Baby Veronica”): Okla. Supreme Court grants stay to keep girl with biological dad
By Family Law
From CBS News:The Oklahoma Supreme Court has granted an emergency stay to keep a 3-year-old Cherokee girl with her biological father and plans to hear arguments from his lawyers and…
Family Law Prof Blog
For a List of Children’s Adoption Books…
By Family Law
...see here.
Family Law Prof Blog
Hospital in Japan Offers Adoption Service
By Family Law
From the Japan Times:A gynecology and obstetrics hospital in Kumamoto has become the first medical institution to provide a “special adoption service” at the request of the Japan Medical Association,…
Family Law Prof Blog
Donaldson Adoption Institute’s Publication
By Family Law
The Donaldson Adoption Institute has released a new,research-based publication titled A Need to Know: Enhancing Adoption Competency among MentalHealth Professionals, written by the Institute's Research & ProjectDirector David Brodzinsky.MRHat Tip: Naomi Cahn
Family Law Prof Blog
Update on Baby Girl
By Family Law
From the Associated Press:The father of a Cherokee Indian girl at the center of an adoption dispute that has reached the U.S. Supreme Court faces arrest because he hasn't turned…
Utah Family Blawg
3 Ways for Unwed Biological Father to Establish Paternity
By grantutahfamilyblawg-blogspot-com
In Re: R.M., L.M. v. J.B and A.B., 2013 UT App 27, Utah Court of Appeals, January 31, 2013 L.M. is the biological Father of R.M. He filed a voluntary declaration…
Family Law Prof Blog
Baby Veronica’s Mom Speaks
By Family Law
From Washington Post:Christy Maldonado lives in Oklahoma. This month she filed a brief urging the Supreme Court of South Carolina to finalize her birth daughter’s adoption by Matt and Melanie…
Family Law Prof Blog
Adoptions for Profit in Japan
By Family Law
From the Japan Times:Two adoption agencies for young children in Tokyo received a total of about 83 million yen in donations from adoptive parents in the three years to fiscal…
The Faculty Lounge
Biological Father and Stepmother and Paternal Grandparents Move to Adopt Baby Girl
A new development in the Baby Girl case has occurred--namely, the attempted adoption of the child by her biological father and stepmother and, alternatively, her paternal grandparents. More information is…